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11th Grade
05/29/2012

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Psycho-analytical
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this theory uses the work of Freud and insists that literary works are mirrors of their authors' psyches
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deconstructionist theory
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the theory focues on the belief that society creates definites and meanings of words in order to support certain status quo institutions such as the capitalist system or heterosexuality. it questions the ability of language to reflect with accurary what the author is really saying
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Eco-critiscim
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this theory focuses on how writers use nature in their work and looks at nature as a character rather than just a backdrop for the human action or emotional development of characters. setting becomes central rather than a marginal piece of literature 
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Narratology Theory
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this theory focues on the factors common to all storytelling and the nature of a story as a cultural practice . it looks at who is telling the story, his or her perspective and the story's structure
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reader response theory
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this theory places the reader at the center of the interpretative process and acknowledges the personal history that readers bring with them when they interpret a text
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cultural materialism theory
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this theory suggests that while reading Shakespeare, readers should focus on the nature of labor for the majority of the english people during the 16th century (context) rather traditional literary elements such as imagery or character development. it focuses on the history, politics, economy, and social issues of the time in which the book was written.
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cultural continuance
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literature from any group systematically surpressed by a dominate force. how these people have survived and how they live today.
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trauma theory
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this theory focuses on characters as victims who feel no sense of saftey, no sense of autonomy, a sense of being invaded, defiled, and out of control, and suffer from self-doubt. violent actions have affected characters and their creators (authors).
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Jungian Theory
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this theory looks at universal stories retold through the ages, which evoke predictable responses from the reader. it also stresses archetypal symbols that awaken deep cultural messages across space and time.
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post-modernist/ modernist theory
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this theory focuses on WWI destruction of the belief in human goodness and how it fragmented and alienated people from one another. the theory looks at the inability of language to connect human being and stresses absences, contradictions, and subtexts.
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marxist
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work, money, who has it and who doesn't, conflict created by money, social class, the values asociated with class and money, the value of work and the social class of the author
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feminist theory
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challenges the assumption of patriachial language and the predominance of literature written by men
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post-colonial 
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acknowledges the imperialism of such of western literature and tries to expose the influence of white male eurocentric writings
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